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croism y all vaior '^ risk Ol nis omti VISIT THE DELT COMMUNITY ONLINE AT WWW.DELTS.ORG ^Si Did You Feel the Crunch in College? With college tuition continuing to rise at three and four times the rate of inflation, undergraduates are finding it harder and harder to pay for and complete . � their education. Add to that the crunch that has affected most I ^ budget X*^ ^?rf states and it brings into sharp focus the financial challenge our men A JS^ J. young face today. planned gift to the Delt Foundation h^\ Cn^^V through a direct bequest, gifts of appreciated stock, paid-up life insurance or other life-income vehicles like a charitable remainder trust, lead trust or gift annuity help us close the gap ^ion costs a Xy the widening of being Delt student today. Your gifts �""^^^ �-lS^i^ '^'^'P "'' '*^'^P *^''* g"*^^* experience affordable. ''AL You may have never considered making an estate gift to the Foundation before. But more and more Delts, as they reflect on what their Delt experience has meant to them, are investing part of their resources in the organization that they believe helped them achieve success. Come join this growing number of Good Delts. For more assistance on charitable gift planning, contact: Kenneth A. File, President | Delta Tau Delta Educational Foundation 10000 AUisonville Road | Fishers, IN 46038 phone 317-284-0210 | toll-free 888-383-1858 | ken.fik�'delts.net DELTA TAU DELTA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION >� YOU CAN HELP Ir is thar rime of the year when young men are making a decision as to where they IDENTIFY PROSPECTIVE DELTS will attend college. You may have a son. hrocher, nephew, know a neighbor or co Chances are know of a qualified young you worker's son who is or will he attending a college or university with a Delt chapter. man who will be or is atlending a Delt host Please rhis form and send it to the Central Office at the address below institution If so, please let us know. This is one complete of the easiest and most valuable ways you can or e-mail rhe required iniormation to [email protected] vfho will prepare an serve Delta Tau Delta. In a time when information letter to the recruitmenc chair of the ehapter that the prospective numbers are recruitment and membership student will attend. lower than past years, every advantage for our �::zl .iiaL:.. chapters helps preserve their future. This is where loyal alumni become integral to our success. Begin asking your family and people nanje of person being recommended you know from work, church and other associatipns. honie address RECOMMEND PROSPECTIVE DELTS use the recommendation form or Simply ' e-mail tbe requested information to phone number school the inefiviclual wffi attend [email protected]. We will pass your recommendation on to the appropriate activlttes, academic honors or other achievements that know about this individual chapter recruitment chairman. you ATTEND A RECRUITMENT FUNCTION your name chapler where you were initiated Few things convey the importance of the Fraternity more than alumni attending chapter events� recruitment functions. Doing including your address so communicates the life-long nature of Dell friendships and associations If you live or work near a Delt campus, consider sharing an your phone number your e-mail address ^^FTi hour or two of your time. You can do ihis at � The Central any chapter not just own own a MAIL TO DELTA Office can put you in touch with local chapter TAU DELTA FRATERNITY officer or advisor regarding upcoming events^ 10000 ALLISONVILLE ROAD, FISHERS, IN 46038-2008 Just can \i\B (Jemrai U^ii :��- From the President Wc are key to culture for the better changing [ INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS ] As che news reports from the of Colorado are stiii out as 1 write University coming Jidge Venly PRESIDENT this I want to talk about were article, them. Apparently, high school football recruits Carl P. Brantley VICE PRESIDENT asked to make a trip ro Colorado. At least some ol" these high school boys were served Dr. Kenneth L. (Rock) Clinton SECOND VICE PRESIDEWT alcoholic beverages and taken to adult strip clubs. It is alleged some of chem were Travis O. Rockey TREASURER Alan G. Brackett SECRETARY sex. Football staff denied of these acti\'ities. i\s a resuk of provided any knowledge James 0. Selzer DIRECTOR Of ACADEMIC AFFAIRS chis, some lawsuics lia\'e been filed pertaining to some of it. The gov'ernor is demand ing an investigation, and the university is investigating 'the football program." [ DIVISION PRESIDENTS ] The amazing thing about this is that it sounds eerily hke investigaCing the behavior C. LaFuna EASTERN DIVISION ol an errant We now hear from some who of the Jeffrey fralerniry. speak Donald D. Kindler NORTHERN DIVISION Colorado incident and would defend Colorado rhar do aU of this in they Jody t. Danneman SOUTHERN DivisroM order ro sray comperiii\'e because ir is going on everywhere. Thomas M- Ray WESTERN PACIFIC DIVISION ( >ne riling rhis incident has in common wirh orher reporred campus Charles E. Safris WESTERN PLAINS DIVISION niiproprieties ar orlier schools is ihar ihcy ace on iini\'ersiry campuses. fhe srudenr behaviors in the fraternities and che spotts programs are [ CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF ] not isolated from the rest of the university They reflect the greater uni- Tlis Delta Tou Delia Cenlroi Office can be \'ersiry culture You can investigate fraternirics and punish them, anti reached bj/ calling 1-Sm.OEtrS-XL, Jim Russell EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT now you can investigate foolbaii programs and fire coaches, and you i.an put programs on but, until the ofthe universi probation, problem Tammy Ault ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE ty's culture is faced, these programs wiU continue to occur, whether they occur in fracetnities, sports teams, or appear in some other place at Garth EBerhart ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE the university. VICE PRESIDENT VVe should remember we are a that continues to be society populat indy Hafner DIRECTOR OF LEADERSHIP ed and led hy people whose Iirst \'alues-based experience away from DEVELOPMENT home ism a college or university environment. It is important those Susan Haskell AJ)M1NISTRATIVE ASSISTANT environments tcally teach and insist upon a values-based educational experience. This is not a ot �it's a culture jusr fraternity sororiry problem campus problem. Jason Lasar ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT We see universities not condemning drunkenness bur merely the ael of driving while drunk. We see alumm, nor just football players, or fraternity and sorority menibers, or Andy Longo DIRECTOR OF RESIDENTIAL even just undergraduate students rourlnely being inebriated ar coUegiate sporting LIFE evenrs, and rhe seems to about a in its own culture. university powerless bring change Chris Marlz DIRECTOR OF We see on as men women continue to in ever tape campus escalating and be housed COMMUNICATIONS closer proximity to each other The problems we face al LleltaTau Delta are not just those of our own or even of the Greek world. They arc problems of the collegiate Christine Plantenga ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT ejsperienee. Nick Prihoda DIRECTOR OF EXPANSION Mosr Creek organizarions are doing evcHji: hi ng rhey can ro confronr rhis problem. Ar Delra Tau Delra wc do our besr to hold our chapters accountable for values-based Lesa Purcell ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT standards In February, wedo.sedachapterihat was more than 100 yeats old because '. Diana PAyROLL AND ACCOUNTS ���v- there was a consensus of rhe to live outside our standards. Gut, as as the Ray chapter long PAYABLE culture ol a university is contrary to the imposition of this morally -based value sysrem thar our Frarernity is about, it wnll be difficult to maintain the kind of value based liv Kathy Renner OFFICE MANAGER ing that we want lis our chapter houses. Alan DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS To make the Greek or the football team the for this lack of values Selking sysrem scapegoat AFFAIRS ^5 will not result in change. It wdll just appear elsewhere as members of fraternities, "sorocicies and sports organisations mirror ihe student body al large They cannot be ( EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION BOARD ] isolated, nor can the problem be attacked by focusing merely upon the ob\ious and Norval B Stephens, Jr. CHAIRMAN more breaches ol our sense ol propriety. VN'e must address all aspects of a cam pubhc Richard H. Englehart LIFE DIRECTOR pus culrure together as universiries, fraternities and sororities, collegiate foolbaL pro grams, and alumni development oflices and recognize rhat we have a problem together Charles E. Bancroft Kent fi. Hance and that we are all part of the problem and must all be a pari of the solution so that Richards D. Barger W. James Host M. Blackwelder David B. wc will make better. Murray Hughes things Alan G. Brackett O.K. Johnson Ac Delta 'I au Delca, we we are a ol the culrure. and we are recognize part campus Carl R. Brantley Kenneth J. Kies our culture and be of willing ro examine role in that apart changing that culture for Dennis A. Brawford Donald G. KreK rhe better We cannot do rhis alone or even just as Greeks and expect ro be effective. JohnA. Brock David L. Nagel Thomas F Calhoon. II John W. Nichols Today's leaders of business, industry and, indeed, government, arc uni^'crsiry grad- Dr, Robert F. Charles, Jr. Travis Rockey uares and are Greek alumni Tomorrow's leaders are current at many undcrgraduares Kenneth (Rock) L. Clinton, Jr. James D. Selzer and are members of Creek universities and colleges many undergraduate organiza John W. Fisher G.L. "Jid^e" Verity tions. VVe all, for the sake of our institutions and for tht sake oi all America, need to John W.